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PLYMOUTH -- After 13 years on the Economic Development Commission, more than half as chairman, David Philbrick this week is stepping down from the board.

The Town Council on Tuesday accepted his request to resign, effective Dec. 12, with regret.

In a letter to Mayor Vincent Festa Jr. on Nov. 14, Philbrick wrote that he is sad he cannot continue on the commission, but is pleased with progress made in recent years.

Philbrick said he is leaving because job demands will not allow him time to serve on the board. “I just don't have the time to put into the effort,” he said Saturday.

Philbrick said he joined the commission in 1999 because he wanted to improve Main Street and its appearance in Terryville.

“If you improve the appearance of your downtown, it will help draw businesses to the industrial park,” he said.

This year under his watch, the town began a grant-funded streetscape project which added sidewalks, brick pavers and ornamental benches, lighting and trash receptacles to one side of Main Street.

He said the town is well positioned to move forward with such improvements downtown and at the Eli Terry waterwheel, which is being developed into a park.

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